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WARNING
This draft parking plan was presented by Committee Member
McFarlin with assistance from Committee Member Vinson.
The draft parking plan consists of ideas on topics that have not
been recommended by the PPAC or approved by the Common Council.
The purpose of this plan is to get the PPAC to begin discussing
topics and to gather feedback on concepts relating to the creation
of a managed parking system.
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Draft Parking PlanPresented by PPAC Member McFarlin
“Develop innovative parking controls to allow maximum use of
limited available parking and support intensified development”
– City of Plattsburgh’s Comprehensive Plan.
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Introduction
• The objective of this parking plan is not to address if
Plattsburgh can have enough parking but rather to address how
parking can be planned, provided and managed in such a way to
ensure that Plattsburgh can thrive.
• The purpose of the presentation is to get feedback so more
refinements and adjustments can be made. Then a more finalized and
detailed version can be sent to PPAC committee members for review
before the July meeting.
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Goals
• Efficiently manage short term and long term parking in the
downtown district
• High quality service to residents and visitors
• Incentivize residents and downtown employees to park at
specific locations to increase curb parking turnover downtown
• Self-funded parking system
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Objectives
• Establish a managed system that sets prices to properly manage
parking based on parking data
• Develop a plan for employee & resident parking
• Develop a plan for snow ban parking
• Reduce or Eliminate the Special Assessment District
• Establish a Business Improvement District to administer excess
parking revenue should the need arise
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Parking Replacement
Parking Replacement Option Net New Public Parking Spaces
(+/-)
Arnie Pavone Memorial Parking Plaza 115
Durkee Development 50
County Main Lot Expansion 60
Durkee Street 43
Bridge Street 6
Broad Street Lot Expansion 15
Total 289
*All parking replacement options still need recommendations from
the PPAC, approval from the Common Council, and final engineering
design.*
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Off-Street VS On-Street Downtown Parking
Current Public Parking Supply
50%50%Off-Street
On-Street
Proposed Public Parking Supply
44%
56%
Off-Street
On-Street
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On-Street Managed Parking• The objective for on-street parking
pricing is to be a management tool
to address scarcity so pricing shall be set at the lowest amount
required to combat scarcity in parking.
• Pricing will be determined by utilization rate. • The Common
Council hereby directs the parking administrator to pursue
pricing that will promote a 80-85% utilization rate on all city
blocks in the Downtown Corridor
• The Community Development Office (CDO), in consultation with
the PPAC, shall implement changes to prices and pricing policies as
necessary to promote a 80-85% utilization rate on each block.
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• Prices and times for each street block shall be posted online
by the CDO which shall be mobile compatible.
• The CDO can make recommendations for changes in times and
prices to the PPAC which the PPAC can discuss during their regular
meetings.
• The CDO will establish prices for each block in the parking
management system based on demand and usage of each block.
• Pricing for both weekdays and weekends will have 4
categories.• Free – When parking demand is low so users will not
have to engage with the system
or use kiosks. • Minimum – The minimum price point. Users will
have to engage with the system and
pay at the kiosks.• Moderate – This price is to help maintain
the goal utilization.• Peak – This price is set on blocks where
parking demand pushes the goal utilization.
• The CDO will establish a moderate price and a peak price for
each block in the parking management system based on demand and
usage of each block.
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Initial implementation
• The outline for initial implementation is subject to change as
the system matures and users react to the system itself. As new
data is generated the CDO shall enact prudent changes to promote
the required occupancy rate.
• The following is subject to change during events and holidays
which could affect demand and the CDO shall enact appropriate
changes to combat parking scarcity for special events.
• Differences in parking demand and behavior between the
weekdays and weekends prompts the need to have two separate pricing
models to efficiently manage the parking supply.
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• Current data counts show parking demand building up to
10am-4pm peak and then overall demand subsides.
Weekday Pricing
(Sunday 5pm – Friday 5pm)
• Current data shows parking to have a small peak between 12-2pm
and then a lull in parking demand until a higher peak later in the
evening after 6pm.
Weekend Pricing
(Friday 5pm – Sunday 5pm)
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Areas of Management
• The following streets in the green boundary will have kiosks
installed for management purposes.
• The managed area shall include both City lots on Court Street,
the Broad Street lot, and the publicly available spots in the Prime
development and Clinton County’s Government Center lot.
• For streets on the boundary of the management area, kiosks
shall be installed on both sides of the street.
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Off-Street Lot Managed Parking
• Management of the Court Street lots, City Hall Place Lot, and
public Prime Development off-street parking spots shall be managed
similarly to on-street parking as stated above.
• The Arnie Pavone Memorial Parking Plaza (“PPP”) and the Broad
Street Lot are expected to primarily be used by individuals with
the Green Permit as described below.
• The 60 spots in the Visitor Lot at the County building shall
be equipped with kiosks and shall be free for one hour and
thereafter be charged at the same rate as the adjacent Court Street
Lot.
• The 394 parking spots in the Harborside Lots shall be free to
use at all times and will not be managed.
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“Green” Parking Permits
• Price - Green Parking Permits will be sold to individuals at a
rate of ?
• Use - Green permits shall be effective on weekdays from
7am-6pm and shall allow permit holders to park in the Broad Street
Lot, the PPP, Oak Street between Broad and Cornelia, as well as the
sections of Broad, Couch, Court, and Brinkerhoff Streets west of
Oak Street and east of North Catherine Street. This permit shall
exempt the purchaser from all other parking requirements at those
locations.
• Above subject to special events.
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“Green” Parking Permit Breakdown
Off-Street Parking (7am – 6pm)
189 spaces
On-Street Day Parking (7am – 6pm)*Shared with Blue Permits*
184 spaces
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“Blue” Parking Permits
• Price - Blue Permits will be sold to individuals at the rate
of ?
• Use - Blue Permits will allow the permit holder to park
overnight on Oak Street as well as Court, Brinkerhoff, and Couch
Streets west of Oak and east of North Catherine and be exempt from
established parking time limits on those blocks from 7am–8pm.• Blue
permits will also allow the permit holder to park overnight in City
owned off-
street parking lots from 8pm-7am. This also applies during snow
bans.• Blue Permit Holders will also be exempt from paying at
meters for on street parking
before 7am. • Above is subject to special events.• Blue permit
holders will also be able to park in the County lots at the
Government
Center and Oak Street during certain special events.
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“Blue” Parking Permit Breakdown
Overnight Parking (8pm – 7am)
250 spaces
Special Event Parking
230 spaces
On Street Day Parking (7am – 8pm)*Shared with Green Permits*
175 spaces
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Snow Ban Parking
• Blue permits will allow permit holders to park in approved
off-street parking at night during a storm event. However, blue
permit holders must move their vehicles to another approved
location by 7am.
• Currently Snow Ban parking is mainly done by preventing
parking on-street or at certain locations between 2am - 6am. For
off-street parking DPW divides Durkee Street lot in two and
alternates between the two to clear snow during a ban.• Current
Snow Ban parking capacity in Durkee Street lot (125 - 164
spaces
depending on DPW)• North Lot - 125• South Lot - 164
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Proposed Snow Ban Plan• Alternating between the various City
lots along with using the Harbor lot. • Currently, a maximum of 40%
of the Harbor lot’s capacity is used for snow
storage. Reducing the amount of available parking to +230
spaces.• Below is an example of how alternating parking could work
during snow
bans.
Parking Location Day 1 Day 2
Arnie Pavone Parking Plaza 115 Plowed
Broad Street Lot Plowed 74
Court Street Lot Plowed 44
Harborside Lots +230 +230
Total Snow Ban Parking Supply 345 348
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• Due to the current unlimited parking duration in the
Harborside Lots, this snow ban option may be preferable to having
to move their car out of the other lots at 7am or for individuals
who are not frequent drivers.
• Future parking agreement with Prime Companies may increase the
stock of snow ban parking available.
• A potential seasonal on-street parking ban between December
–April? This would allow DPW to more efficiently plow the on-street
parking.
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Special Event Parking
• Blue permit holders would be able to park in the County
Employee Lots at the County Building and Oak Street during certain
special events.
• All other parking will be paid and will likely have a higher
price due to higher demand.
• Harborside Lots will remain free.
• Residents near the downtown will be encouraged to carpool,
taxi, rideshare, ride bikes, or walk to special events.
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Handicap Parking
• Off-Street handicap parking will be created at the Arnie
PavoneMemorial Parking Plaza and the other various parking
replacement options.
• Look at converting on-street parking locations at certain
areas into handicap parking where allowable.• Ex. Converting the 10
minute parking spots on Margaret Street.
• On-Street Parking locations next to curb cuts.
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Harborside Lot
• The Harborside lot is to remain unmanaged and act as a
reservoir of free parking for the use of city residents and
visitors.
• The city shall continue to pursue ways to improve access to
the Harborside area.
• The city is also exploring ways to bring new activities to
Harborsideincluding relocating the Farmers’ Market, creation of a
dog park, and playground and pavilion installations. The city will
continue to pursue these ideas and others.
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Special Assessment District
• Reduce or eliminate the Special Assessment District
• Subject to implementation of a paid parking system in
off-street parking lots and is proven viability of that system to
replace the revenue currently generated by the SAD.
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Business Improvement District• Create a Business Improvement
District - While the goal of the parking
system is not to be a revenue generator, if revenue from the
parking system remains after covering all capital / maintenance /
administration costs, a “BID” should be created.
• A BID would ensure parking revenue is placed into a separate
account not directly into the general fund.
• Excess parking revenue can only be used for improvements in
the area of the managed parking system.• Reinvestment of revenue•
Improve (fix) sidewalks• Widen sidewalks• Facade improvements /
beautification• Snow removal
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Loading Zones
• More strict enforcement of double parking?
• City restrictions on time allowed for using loading zones?
• Creation of designated loading zones on streets? This will
necessitate the removal of curbside parking spaces, for example
implementing one on Durkee Street.
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Enforcement Adjustments
• Ticket policy• Escalating fines?
• Adjudication policy
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Demand Reduction Policies
• Decoupling residential parking for new leases (beginning
2022)
• Parking cash back for employees
• Add many bike parking stations (maybe ones that lock)
• Bike share
• Explore options to increase public transportation
• Continue exploring shared-use agreements
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Misc. Policy Recommendations
• Charge for curb cuts for amount of loss of parking
• Change Parking Minimums (Eliminate or in lieu payments of
$3,000 -$4,500)
• Plan for future parking capacity such as a parking garage when
demand necessitates it